26 Homer 33C students perform at ILMEA Honors Festival

26 Homer 33C students were among those selected to perform at the Nov. 4 ILMEA Music Festival in New Lenox.

26 Homer 33C students were among those selected to perform at the Nov. 4 ILMEA Music Festival in New Lenox. (Posted by Charla Brautigam, Community Contributor)

Community Contributor Charla Brautigam

More than two dozen band and choir students from Homer Junior High School were selected to participate in the Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) Elementary and Junior High Division's District I Music Festival in November.

The students auditioned for the opportunity in September and joined 250 student musicians from 70 schools in the southwestern metropolitan Chicago area at a joint performance on Nov. 4 in New Lenox.

"We are very proud to have these musicians represent Homer CCSD 33C," said Homer Junior High School Choral Director Diane Pullara.

More than 1,200 students, including about 100 Homer Junior High School chorus and band students, auditioned for the opportunity.

Those selected to participate attended a full day of rehearsals on Nov. 4, followed by a public Festival Finale concert at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox.